Savoca Coins
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Arab-Byzantine. Dimashq. Damascus (Syria). temp. Mu\'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AH 41-60.
Fals AE
23 mm, 3,65 g
Two imperial figures standing facing, holding cruciform scepters in their left hands and globus cruciger in their right hands; above, cross / Large M surrounded by blundered Arabic legend reading darb dimashq ja'iz (current issue of Dimashq); above, cross; below, officina mark in shape of reversed crescent.
good very fine
Goodwin & Gyselen p. 50, 22 var. (figures holding cruciform scepter in right hand); Walker 42 var. (figures holding cruciform scepter in right hand).
Cf. Leu Web Auction 4, lot 1346.
From the Tareq Hani collection.
Fals AE
23 mm, 3,65 g
Two imperial figures standing facing, holding cruciform scepters in their left hands and globus cruciger in their right hands; above, cross / Large M surrounded by blundered Arabic legend reading darb dimashq ja'iz (current issue of Dimashq); above, cross; below, officina mark in shape of reversed crescent.
good very fine
Goodwin & Gyselen p. 50, 22 var. (figures holding cruciform scepter in right hand); Walker 42 var. (figures holding cruciform scepter in right hand).
Cf. Leu Web Auction 4, lot 1346.
From the Tareq Hani collection.